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Patent GB-191205383-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Generators.
Inventor: HOWDEN JAMES
IPC: F22B37/22
Filed: 1912-03-04
Granted: 1913-02-27
Abstract: 5383. Howden, J. March 4. Water-tube boilers.-Relates to modifications in boilers of the type described in Specification 27,449/10. According to the present invention, each element is made in separate parts to facilitate transport, the top and bottom drums being each complete in itself and forming two parts, while the tubes and tube-plates form a third part. Further, the drums are made so small in section that the usual man-hole cannot be provided. Fig. 1 shows the arrangement. Each of the drums A, B is finished in one piece from a plate of substantially the shape shown in Fig. 6, the edges of the plate being thickened, as shown in hatched lines, to provide thick inturned flanges. The tube-plates F, G are secured to these flanges, preferably by screw pins. The boiler shown is provided with two furnaces, the gases from one furnace being prevented from passing into the other by a partition between the elements. The extensions of the upper drums are thickened on the underside, as shown in Fig. 11, and stiffened by dog-stays. For superheating the steam, pipes K are fitted in the upper part of the combustion chamber and are connected to end boxes J, N, which may be triangular in section.
Patent GB-191209311-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wheels for Vehicles.
Inventor: BUTTS ZEHNER DANIEL
IPC: B60B9/28
Filed: 1912-04-19
Granted: 1912-07-18
Abstract: 9311. Butts, Z. D. April 19. Spring wheels with sectional outer guided members. - In wheels of the kind in which a continuous elastic tyre 6 is supported by rim sections 8, pivoted together at 20 and to pistons 17, the cylinders 16 are connected together by oil pipes 15 forming a rigid circular brace. Compressed air is supplied from an annular pipe 25 communicating with each of the cylinders. Each piston is fitted with a rubber buffer 21, Fig. 5, and formed in three parts 17<a>, 17<b>, 17<c>, connected together by screwed stems and separated by packing-rings 17<d>. The central section is bored at 15<a> to make a continuous passage through the pipes.
Patent GB-191210059-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Collection and Delivery of Letters, Parcels and the like.
Inventor: STARKWEATHER RUFUS GATES
IPC: B61L23/00
Filed: 1912-04-27
Granted: 1913-04-24
Abstract: 10,059. Starkweather, R. G. April 27. Single - rail and suspended vehicles. - Apparatus for the collection and delivery of letters, parcels, &c., having means at stations for automatically depositing articles on, and for removing them from, the car, comprises a car 1, Fig. 1, adapted to travel by wheels 24, 25 on wires 20, 21, and propelled by an electric motor deriving current from the wires 20, 21, or propelled in any other manner. A receptacle for the articles is received by a travelling car and guided by flared ribs 5, 6 into one of four compartments, two on each side of the car, receptacles to be delivered from a car are contained in piles in either of two compartments 10 at the rear of the car. A hook projects from each receptacle and is engaged by a hooked picker 33, Fig. 3, at a station, to remove the lowest receptacle from the car during motion, and deliver it by gravity along a wire to the subscriber's house. The picker 33 is moved into engaging position by a rib 30, Fig. 1, on the car engaging a roller 46, Fig. 3, on an arm 44 to rotate a shaft 43, move a lever 42 against a spring, and slide a rod 38 so that a cam portion 39 of the rod 38 depresses the picker 33.
Patent GB-191215571-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Severing Metals.
Inventor: CHAMBEYRON EMILE
IPC: B23K7/00
Filed: 1912-07-03
Granted: 1913-07-03
Abstract: 15,571. Chambeyron, E., and Meyrueis, J. July 3. Dividing by fusion.- In a machine for severing metals by a blowpipe, the blowpipe is mounted on a double slide or a frame suspended by a ball - and - socket joint from an axially movable vertical shaft within a carriage moving along an overhead runway so as to cut pieces of regular or irregular surface. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the frame consisting of a pair of bars k and a slideway n is universally mounted by a ball-and-socket joint i, j, the ball being carried by a screw h, which is mounted in a carriage b moving on the bridge a and is fed down by a nut d rotated by gearing e, f from a compressed-air, hydraulic, or electric motor g. For effecting a circular cut in the work 12, a pivot rod 11 is secured to the socket j, which is locked to the ball i, and the radius is adjusted by sliding the frame in the socket, the frame being connected to the carriage b by a stay-rod 13 for curves of large radius. A key is inserted in a slot in the screw to fix it to the nut d, so that the frame may be rotated by the motor g. The blowpipe 5 is angularly adjustable by worm gears 6, 7 in a vertically adjustable block on a slide 1, which is transversely fed on the carriage o by means of a screw y operated by a crank 10 or by a motor p through worm gear x, t and spur gear r, q from a screwed shaft s. The shaft s serves to feed the carriage o along the slideway n. The nuts for connecting the slides 1, o to their operating-screws are put into engagement by screws z, v. By this means, rectilinear cuts may be effected in any direction or ellipses or cuts of other shapes may be effected. In a modification for cutting circles or arcs of large radius without displacing the slideway, the blowpipe 5, Fig. 5, is supported on an arm 26 guided in a socket 27 on the frame and clamped in position by a screw 29 when adjusted to the carriage 28. The frame is provided with a movable counterweight 30, and has a member 31 connected to a movable collar on the arm 26.
Patent GB-191217550-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Telpherage.
IPC: E01B25/10
Filed: 1912-07-29
Granted: 1913-05-15
Abstract: 17,550. Dempster & Sons, R., and Toogood, H. J. July 29. Elevated railways.-The rail or surface upon which the wheels run is arranged in a trough containing water or other liquid or grease. Metal or timber troughs are used and constitute or contain the rail.
Patent GB-191218483-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Combined Railway Rail Chairs and Sleepers.
Inventor: PROSSNER FREDERICK JAMES
IPC: E01B3/24
Filed: 1912-08-12
Granted: 1913-01-23
Abstract: 18,483. Prosser, F. J. Aug. 12. Sleepers integral with chairs; tie-bars.-One rail jaw 13 slides on a horn 11 projecting at right - angles from, and integral with, the pedestal 8 carrying the fixed jaw 10. The jaw 13 is secured by a cotter 16 to the horn 11 and by bolts 17 to the jaw 10. Reinforcing-webs 18, 19 are provided between the jaw 10, pedestal 8, and base 7. Tie-bars.-The pedestal 8 carries spaced ears 19' between which the tie-rod is pivoted.
Patent GB-191221888-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Handling and Launching Ships' Boats.
Inventor: MOWATT HARRY
IPC: B63B23/18
Filed: 1912-09-26
Granted: 1913-09-25
Abstract: 21,888. Mowatt, H., and Butterworth, G. H. Sept. 26. Davits.-Davits A, A<1> are provided with wormwheels B, B' geared together by worms D, D' mounted on a fore-and-aft operating-rod C. The worm-wheel B is fast on the davit A, but the worm-wheel D<1> is free to move on the davit within limits determined by stops a<2>, d<1>, Fig. 4. The worm gear on this davit also has a considerably higher velocity-ratio than the other. This arrangement ensures that one end of the boat is slued out while the other is stationary. When the stops come into engagement, the higher velocity-ratio of the second davit causes the ends of the boat to reach these extreme outboard positions simultaneously. The davits can thus be stepped at a distance apart less than the length of the boat. In a modification, the boat is stowed on a deck below the boat deck with #-shaped davits for handling it.
Patent GB-191223069-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Supplying Liquid Fuel to the Cylinders of Internal Combustion Engines.
IPC: F02M57/02
Filed: 1912-10-09
Granted: 1913-07-03
Abstract: 23,069. Scott's Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Rennie, A., and Paterson, H. G. Oct. 9. Cylinders receiving liquid fuel.-An air vessel a in which a cushion of air is completely imprisoned is placed on the pipe d between the fuel pump e and the admission valve h. The pump delivers oil in excess of what is required, the overflow being returned by a by-pass g to the suction side of the pump.
Patent GB-191225735-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Receptacles for Cigar Ashes, Burnt Matches and the like.
Inventor: PARKER JOSEPH RICHARD
IPC: A24F19/00
Filed: 1912-11-09
Granted: 1913-10-30
Abstract: 25,735. Parker, J. R. Nov. 9. Ash - trays. -A receptacle for cigar and cigarette ends and ashes, burnt matches, &c., adapted to be fixed to a substantially vertical surface such as in a railway carriage, motorcar, &c. or to the back or a chair in a theatre &c., is constructed with a back plate 1 and a box-like part A having a spring-controlled hinged bottom 10 which may be in two or more parts to facilitate emptying the contents. The box A is preferably formed of sheet metal bent and fastened to the back plate, beadings 7, 8 being provided for strengthening purposes. A grating 23 for knocking the ashes off the cigar &c. and apertures 27 having jagged edges to form a match-striking surface may also be provided.
Patent GB-191225951-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cash Registers.
Inventor: WHITE ALFRED ERNEST
Filed: 1912-11-12
Granted: 1913-11-12
Abstract: 25,951. White, A. E., [St. Louis Cash Register Co.]. Nov. 12. Index type-wheel machines.-Relates to cash registers of the kind in which a lever is moved horizontally for setting and vertically for operation ; a separate lever is employed for setting higher amounts, and improved totalizer and printing means is provided. The setting and operating lever 6 is mounted in an horizontally-swinging plate 8, Fig. 8, and moves under a weighted yoke 15. The plate 8 slides on a guide 4 and has an extension with an overthrow-preventing stop 9. A recessed plate 300 pivoted on the plate 8 engages a pin on the lever 6 and holds it against operation if the lever is struck a sudden blow. For setting dollars, a special lever 70 is provided to set a dollar type segment by a link from a shaft 78 connected to the lever 70 by a link 76. The lower amounts type-wheel 113 is set by gearing on a sleeve from crown teeth attached to the plate 8. The lever 70 cannot be set while the lever 6 is being operated, being locked by an arm attached to the weighted yoke. Alining for impression.-A spring alining-lever 124, Fig. 2, for the type-wheels is operated at each actuation of the platen. Platen-impression arrangements.-The platen 114, Fig. 2, is spring-operated when tripped by a pawl 117 on a pivoted plate 116 rocked by the weighted yoke. Roller inking-arrangements.-An inking-roller 122 is operated by a link from the platen.
Patent GB-191300611-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hose Couplers.
Inventor: BELLOWS WILLIS JAROAM
IPC: F16L37/096
Filed: 1913-01-08
Granted: 1913-03-27
Abstract: 611. Bellows, W. J., and Bellows, E. R. Jan. 8. Couplings, disconnectible.-A hose coupling comprises pivoted jaws on one member adapted to engage a flange on the other member, in such a manner that separation can only occur after the members have been thrust more closely into contact than is the case normally. One of the members 1 is formed with a flaring mouth 2 which the other member 4 is conically shaped to fit, packing 3, 6 being interposed. Upon the member 1 are two pairs of ears 10, fitted with pins 11 to serve as pivots for jaws 12, having curved extensions 14 to embrace the member 4. The jaws are pressed inwards by springs 19, twisted around the pins 11 and retained there by heads 22, and having tail ends 23 bearing on the member 1. When the coupling-pieces are pushed together, an external flange 7 on the member 4 engages internal flanges 16 on the jaws, thereby uniting the coupling.
Patent GB-191302529-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Filling Bottles with Aerated Water.
Inventor: JACKSON JOHN PERKINS
IPC: B67C7/00
Filed: 1913-01-31
Granted: 1914-01-01
Abstract: 2529. Jackson, J. P. Jan. 31. Bottling.-In machines for filling bottles of the type in which apparatus for applying crown corks to the filled bottle is located in the filling-head, a liquid feed-ring f, Fig. 3, is arranged immediately below the capping- mechanism, such ring being formed with liquidpassages so disposed that the liquid enters the bottle with a spiral motion, the shift gases passing away centrally either to the atmosphere or to a ram chamber such as that described in Specification 9298/09.
Patent GB-191303922-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Universal and Ball Joints for Machinery.
Inventor: NICHOLSON ALEXANDER
IPC: F16D3/46
Filed: 1913-02-15
Granted: 1914-02-16
Abstract: 3922. Nicholson, A. Feb. 15. Universal joints. - A universal joint, Fig. 2, is formed by bending two rods a, a<1> into circles at right-angles, surrounding them with a casing b, if necessary, in two parts, and pouring in molten antifriction metal c. The shafts may carry flat ends a, a<1>, Fig. 3, fitting over a ball e, molten metal forming the core, as before. When the parts become worn, the antifriction metal is remelted. Dust is excluded by the use of a leather or rubber collar at the ends of the casing or by using at each end a short tube with a flanged end kept in position against the casing by a light spring.
Patent GB-191308754-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Framework for Aerial Vessels.
Inventor: LUEBBECKE WILHELM
IPC: B64B1/58
Filed: 1913-04-14
Granted: 1914-06-15
Abstract: 8754. Liibbecke, W. April 14. Connexions, attachments, and adjustments, applicable generally for tensile and compressive springs.-An extensible link, described in connexion with the framework of aerial vessels, is shown in Fig. 25 in which two telescoping sockets 21, 24 are connected by a pin 25 and slot 26. A spring 23, surrounding the rod 18, causes the link to be elastic during compression and tension, and the tension of the spring can be regulated by the nut 22.
Patent GB-191312792-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Infants' Folding Cots.
Inventor: HUDRY JOHN
IPC: A47D7/03
Filed: 1913-06-02
Granted: 1913-11-06
Abstract: 12,792. Hudry, J. May 31, 1912, [Convention date]. Mattresses. - A mattress consists of interconnected slats 22 supported by springs 23.
Patent GB-191315837-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Applying Ointment and the like to the Skin.
Inventor: BUTLIN CHARLES HENRY
IPC: A61M37/00
Filed: 1913-07-09
Granted: 1914-07-09
Abstract: 15,837. Butlin, C. H. July 9. Massage; medicines, administering. - Apparatus for abrading the skin and applying ointment &c. thereto, comprises two r i b b e d wooden blocks A hinged together at a and bevelled on the rear surface at a<2>. The blocks are loosely connected to handles B by means of eyed screw - bolts a<3>, which engage rings b countersunk in annular depressions near the ends of the handles, the handles being undercut near the rings b to enable the bolts to move freely when the blocks A are turned on the hinge a to adjust them to any surface. The handles B are connected by a pin b<1> and slot b<3>, so that the angle between them may be varied. The ointment is applied to the ridges on the blocks A.
Patent GB-191315938-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Mechanical Time Fuse for Projectiles.
IPC: F42C9/14
Filed: 1913-07-10
Granted: 1914-05-07
Abstract: 15,938. Rheinische Metallwaaren und Maschinenfabrik. Aug. 6, 1912, [Convention date]. Projectile fuses.-Relates to clock-work time and percussion fuses for projectiles, and consist in mounting on the clock - work spindle a releasing - device carrying a catch which, after a set time, enters a recess in the shell-cap, thereby releasing a member which locks the firing - pin of the fuse. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the spindle 29, which is driven by clockwork, carries an arm 22, to which is pivoted on the pin d a catch 20, which is urged upwards by a spring b, but is held down by contact with the cap 38 of the shell. A pin z, Fig. 5, on the catch 20 engages a locking-ring 21, which is slotted radially to receive a pin c on the arm 22. This arm is prevented from rotating under the action of the clock-work by a pin i mounted on the end of a bolt 15 capable of sliding longitudinally in the fuse-casing. This bolt carries an arm 25, Fig. 7, engaging, before firing, a shoulder e on a rotatable member 23 having an inclined shoulder f engaging the firing-pin 3, and holding it in the cocked position. To set the fuse, the cap 38 is rotated until a recess m, into which the catch 20 is adapted to spring, is at the required angular distance from the catch. On firing, the bolt 15 sets back owing to its inertia, and (1) releases the arm 22, which is set at once in rotation by the clock-work, and (2) causes the arm 25 to slip from the shoulder e to another shoulder g on the member 23. The shoulders e, g are so placed that the bolt 15 suffers partial rotation under the action of the firing-spring 4 as the arm 25 slips from one to the other, and this causes an arm 13 on the top of the bolt to press against the locking-ring 21. When the time for which the fuse was set has elapsed, the arm 22 has rotated into position under the recess m. The catch 20 rises into this recess, disengaging the pin z from the ring 21 which is at once slidden laterally by the arm 13, the rotation of which disengages the pin 25 from the shoulder g, and leaves the member 23 free to rotate under the pressure from the spring 4 until the shoulder f is clear of the firing-pin 3, which is then impelled by its spring upon the primer 28. Should impact occur before the catch arrives opposite the recess m, the bolt 15 slides forward, releasing the member 23 and therewith the firing-pin. A stop 17, Fig. 3, limits the rotation of the arm, and takes up any reaction on the rotatable parts when the shell begins to rotate. If the cap 38 is so set that the recess m lies between the pins i and 17, time ignition is impossible. In one modification, the member 23 is dispensed with, and the shoulders e, g are formed on the bolt 15. Also, the locking-ring 21 is adapted to slide along, instead of transversely to, the spindle 29, and the catch 20 is arranged to operate centrifugally, In another modification, the releasing-pin i is replaced by a pair of pivoted catches which fly out centrifugally on firing and release a lever to start the clock-work.
Patent GB-191316665-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Heel for Boots, Shoes and the like.
Inventor: LANCASTER EDWARD ALMA
IPC: A43B13/34
Filed: 1913-07-21
Granted: 1914-02-12
Abstract: 16,665. Lancaster, E. A. July 21. Heels, ventilating.-A detachable heel comprises a portion A, Fig. 2, secured to the shoe, and a cup-shaped portion B of the full size of the heel and adapted to enclose the part A, Fig. 3. The two parts are secured together from the inside of the shoe by the use of one or more screws and sockets E<2>, E<3>, and a top lift F of leather or rubber is then cemented in place. Intermediate layers A<1>, J of rubber or metal may be provided for cushioning or strengthening purposes respectively. In some cases, ventilating-channels K may be provided.
Patent GB-191319813-A (GB)
Title: A Janking-up Machine for Chopping Up Stitches on Soles of Stitched Aloft Boots & Shoes.
Inventor: CHURCH LESLIE HUMPHREYS
IPC: A43D91/00
Filed: 1913-09-02
Granted: 1914-04-30
Abstract: 19,813. Church, L. H. Sept. 2. [Cognate Application, 29,303/13.] Separating and indenting stitches.-A stitchindenting arm 17 is mounted on a pivot 18 so as to be capable of vertical and horizontal movements at its stitch-indenting end 20. The arm 17, normally held raised by a spring 19, is struck at intervals by a plunger 3 lifted by a cam on a shaft 2 and depressed by a spring- pressed arm 8. A second cam on the shaft operates a lever 33 carrying an adjustable screw stop 35, which pushes a plunger 36 against the side of the lever 17 when this is in its workengaging position, and so feeds the work. A spring contained in a casing 38 returns the lever 17 to its normal position. The work is held pressed against an adjustable guide 22, with the sole resting on a support 21, which is thinned off to enter the crease of the shoe. The support 21 is mounted to slide in guides in the frame, but is normally held pressed forward by an adjustable spring 28. As the work is pressed against the support, this yields until the edge of the sole comes in contact with the guide 22.
Patent GB-191321446-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tiles for Carrying and Protecting Electric Cables, Gas Pipes, Water Pipes, and the like.
Inventor: HOWARD ARCHIBALD JOHN
IPC: H02G9/06
Filed: 1913-09-23
Granted: 1914-09-03
Abstract: 21,446. Howard, A. J. Sept. 23. Conduits for gas and water pipes &c. are made in halves of brick clay of the shape shown in Fig. 1. The sections are placed one on the other with the top halves A and the bottom halves B displaced so as to break joint, and they may be made with several ducts instead of one. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 19,433/89, [Class 36, Electricity, Conducting &c.], 7898/02, 3935/04, 27,224/05, and 4499/07, [Class 36, Electricity, Conducting &c.].
Patent GB-191323025-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Furnaces.
Inventor: MCPHAIL HUGH
IPC: F23L7/00
Filed: 1913-10-11
Granted: 1914-08-13
Abstract: 23,025. McPhail, H. Oct. 11. Combustion products, returning to furnaces.- In a boiler or other furnace, the combustion products are withdrawn from behind the firebridge and led through a pipe exposed to the full heat of the furnace, or another furnace, before being discharged over the burning fuel. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, steam from the pipe E is delivered at the open end of the pipe C, which is partly arranged above the fire, and the gases are forced into the chamber formed behind the door plate D. The gases escape over the front of the fire through per-. forations in the plate d'. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the steam-pipe E<2> is arranged within the pipe C and the gases escape through perforations c<2>. The gases may be forced into the pipe C by a fan, which .may withdraw the gases from an external flue.